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Kids are behind on regular vaccines, herd immunity at risk
Clip: 5/4/2021 | 3m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
Infectious disease experts are warning parents to get caught up on kids’ inoculations.
Two thirds of young kids are behind on their regularly scheduled vaccines that protect against diseases like measles, pertussis, meningitis and pneumonias. The alarming statistics point to a potentially deadly rise in these illnesses for the first time in generations, and the results could be far worse for kids than COVID-19 was.
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Kids are behind on regular vaccines, herd immunity at risk
Clip: 5/4/2021 | 3m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
Two thirds of young kids are behind on their regularly scheduled vaccines that protect against diseases like measles, pertussis, meningitis and pneumonias. The alarming statistics point to a potentially deadly rise in these illnesses for the first time in generations, and the results could be far worse for kids than COVID-19 was.
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